Released just after the end of WWII and winning seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor (Frederic March) and Director (William Wyler), this classic perfectly captures the impact on the lives of returning veterans Sergeant Al Stephenson (March), bombardier Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), and sailor Homer Parrish (Harold Russell), who has lost both of his hands. Al returns to his life as a banker, but after bonding with more blue-collar men in the war, has conflicts with his partners over no-collateral loans to veterans, and his children have grown up. Despite his heroism and success in the war, Fred can only find work at a soda fountain; and his wife finds herself bored by the reality of a struggling man over the fantasy of a fearless flyer. Homer, played by a real-life double amputee, finds it difficult to adjust to life without hands. Moving and timely at its release, the film remains deeply relevant today.
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Length: 02:50:27 Posted: 2/5/2009
